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Re: Suggestion: /etc/hosts
- From: Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago <marcos at it dot uc3m dot es>
- To: Nicholas Wourms <nwourms at yahoo dot com>
- Cc: Paul Johnston <paj at pajhome dot org dot uk>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:38:14 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: Re: Suggestion: /etc/hosts
> --- Paul Johnston <paj@pajhome.org.uk> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > NT has an equivalent to /etc/hosts, so I think the cygwin install
> > should
> > create this symbolic link:
> >
> > /etc/hosts -> ${SYSTEMROOT}/system32/drivers/etc/hosts
> >
> > In fact, you could do this to a few other files in that directory,
> > like
> > services and protocols. hosts is the only one I commonly edit
> > though.
> >
> The problem is that location isn't the right place on Win9X/ME, so it
> ends up setting things wrong for those users.
Well, anyway, does cygwin internal scripts know whether the OS is a
Windows NT/98/ME/2K/XP? If so that's not a problem. I guess cygwin knows
it and therefore could be achieved (if needed).
Cheers,
m4c.
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